What are benefits to Tire Flatproofing?

March 7, 2011

What are the benefits of Foam Fill?

Reducing downtime resulting from flat tires is the most obvious benefit. However, here are the other primary

What is Tire Flatproofing or Foam Fill?

February 27, 2011

If you have heard of Foam Fill or Poly Fill, Tire Flatproofing is the exact the same thing and can only be installed by an authorized tire dealer.  Whatever the product has been called during the past forty years, it is simply liquid polyurethane that is injected into the tire that then begins to solidify inside the tire until the polymer replaces all the air.  All suppliers offer different durometers of poly fill such as a soft, medium, and hard.  The vast majority of the market uses a medium hardness which usually equates to a 30 durometer. The result is a

OTR Tire Conference

February 23, 2011

I just returned from the 2011 Tire Association of America OTR Tire conference in Miami FL. The conference touched on many areas of our industry currently affecting the OTR dealer. Primary among them are the on-going limits to product availability along with historically high prices on natural rubber.

The Keynote Presentation by Shawn Racey, President of Bridgestone Americas Off Road Tires, addressed these very topics. In his talk Mr. Racey emphasized the need to adjust quickly to maket conditions, for as he said "shift happens".

One of the shifts OTR dealers will be looking at is the added value that flatproofing brings. By utilizing

Welcome to the Flatproofing Blog

February 23, 2011

Welcome to the only blog dedicate to the Tire Flatproofing industry.

Our objective here at Arnco is to create a conversation within our industry to better educate and promote the benefits of flatproofing tires with polyurethane fill.  We encourage anybody with constructive information that you think would

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